American Diabetes Association

201-05 14 October 2015 Diabetes is a disorder of the metabolism that prevents the body from properly utilizing insulin and glucose. Diabetes is broken down into 2 primary forms: Type 1 and Type 2. There is also a third form of diabetes, which only develops in pregnant women, called gestational diabetes. Type 1 diabetes, is The damage to the blood vessels, caused by diabetes, can have a detrimental effect on the eyes, as well. The primary eye disorders related to diabetes are glaucoma cataracts…

For many decades, patients with diabetes have been recommended to participate in a combination of regular physical activities. Approximately 2600 years ago, Susruta of India (2008) was one of the first physicians to advocate exercise for health reasons. He focused on exercise as strategy to promote a reduction in the sweetness of urine in patients diagnosed with diabetes. While Susruta (2008) believed that diabetes was disease of the urinary tract, he also associated it with obesity and…

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease estimated to affect 382 million people worldwide (International Diabetes Federation (IDF), 2013). Around 90% of diabetics have type 2 diabetes, formerly known as non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (diabetes.org.uk, 2012). Type 2 diabetes is characterised by either insufficient production of the hormone insulin from the beta cells of the pancreas or the body’s resistance to its effects. This means that insulin-sensitive peripheral tissues have a…

Why there is a barriers to self management of diabetes among low household income adults aged 45 to 64 years in New York City? How low household income adults aged 45 to 64 years can be a barrier to self-management of diabetes in New York City? Why there is a relationship between low income households and diabetes among adults aged 45 to 64 in the New York City? According to the American Diabetic Association, diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.1…

Cause of Type 1 Diabetes: The specific cause of Type 1 diabetes is still unknown. However, in most people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, the body's own immune system destroys the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. These cells are also known as islet cells. Also, genetics and contact with specific environmental factors like viruses might cause the disease. Cause of Type 2 Diabetes: Type 2 diabetes develops when the body becomes resistant to insulin or when the pancreas stops producing…

Diabetes is a metabolic disease. 100 million people in the world are affected by diabetes[diabetes [1] and isit’s the cause of 1.1 million deaths every year, 80% of which found in lower and middle income countries [2]. Now 32.7 million diabetic patientpatients an estimated in India and this amount is expected to twisetwice by 2025. Prevalence is expected to double worldwide in next 20 years[years [3] and enlarged by 150% in lower and middle income countries [2][3][4]. A same situation having in…

losing weight, and becoming increasingly thirsty, but no one expected what was to come. I looked down at my phone to read, “Kennedy has diabetes.” Once I read that text my heart dropped, I thought I was going to lose my baby sister. I cannot describe the amount of emotions I was feeling. I was feeling like I…

Obesity rates have risen from 6.5% to 19.6% for kids between the age of six and eleven during the time between 2007-2009. If your Body mass index (BMI) is between 25 and 29.9 you are considered overweight. If your Body mass index exceeds 30 you are considered obese. Nearly one third of children in the world struggle with obesity. People need to be educated on the causes of childhood obesity to decrease the diseases caused by and the cost of childhood obesity. Childhood obesity has almost…

Did you know that there is a murderer around us? The number one killer in most countries is a heart attack. It growing in recent years, and it creeps toward young people. Whereas, from several years ago we have watched a heart attack infect people in the sixties and seventies, it is now infecting people in the twenties. Also in all age groups, men are more at risk of heart attack than women, but if women reached menopause, they may be equal with men in incidence because estrogen has been the…

There are many health complications in the metabolic system that is created through this epidemic. Type two diabetes mellitus is a disorder associated with the metabolic system. Unfortunately, type two diabetes is showing more frequently in children that are not older than 10 (Daniels 52). This suggest that more children are being impacted by obesity. Moreover, higher levels of insulin circulating in the pancreas…